Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 10:52:51 -0600
From: Miriam Meyers
Subject: Re: pop and soda
I grew up in Atlanta (b. 1941), and we all said Co-cola. I no longer live
in the South, no longer say Co-cola, but it is very much my native dialect.
>Sorry this is late with regards to this topic, but I'm catching up with my
>mail after the end of the semester rush.
>
>How many southerners out there use the term "Co-cola" in re to Coke. Not
>Coca-cola, but Co-cola. I find a lot of my older friends and relatives,
>folks who grew up in the 30s and 40s use this term. Is it just an NC thing.
>
>Curious.
>Bob
Miriam Meyers
Metropolitan State University
mmeyers[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]msus1.msus.edu